Bank passbooks accepted as address proof for passport

Accordingly, bank statements or passbooks of the banks are being accepted, Regional Passport Officer C Senthil Pandian said in a PIB release here.

Press Trust of India | Last Updated: January 06, 2014 18:45 (IST)

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Chennai:

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has begun accepting statements or passbooks of certain public sector banks as one of documents required for providing address proof by an applicant to obtain a passport.

Accordingly, bank statements or passbooks of the banks are being accepted, Regional Passport Officer C Senthil Pandian said in a PIB release here.

Earlier for provision of address proof, as per MEA rules, applicants had to submit photocopy of either water, telephone or electricity bills or one year statement of passbook of bank accounts excluding regional rural banks, among others.

The other banks are Syndicate Bank, Union Bank of India, United Bank of India, UCO Bank, Vijaya Bank, IDBI Bank, SBI, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore, it said.